Hugh Govan

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Hugh Govan is a scholar working on Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugh Govan has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Hugh Govan's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (27 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (18 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (12 papers). Hugh Govan is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (27 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (18 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (12 papers). Hugh Govan collaborates with scholars based in Fiji, Australia and United States. Hugh Govan's co-authors include Terre Satterfield, Nathan Bennett, Stacy D. Jupiter, Philippa J. Cohen, Rebecca Weeks, Alifereti Tawake, Louise Newman, Patrick Smallhorn‐West, L. R. G. Cannon and Matthew R. Sloat and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Hugh Govan

52 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Ocean grabbing

2015 257 citations Nathan Bennett, Hugh Govan et al. Marine Policy profile →

Peers

Hugh Govan

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Arielle Levine United States

Andrew Wamukota Kenya

Dedi Supriadi Adhuri Indonesia

Grant Murray Canada

Pedro Fidelman Australia

Tim Skewes Australia

Hampus Eriksson Australia

Melanie G. Wiber Canada

Jacqueline Lau Australia

Teresa R. Johnson United States

Arielle Levine United States

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574 ×0.7

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563 ×1.0

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475 ×0.9

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252 ×1.1

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42 ×0.3

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Citations per year, relative to Hugh Govan Hugh Govan (= 1×) peers Arielle Levine

Countries citing papers authored by Hugh Govan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hugh Govan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hugh Govan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hugh Govan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hugh Govan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hugh Govan. Hugh Govan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Basurto, Xavier, Philippa J. Cohen, Nicole Franz, et al.. (2024). Accounting for existing tenure and rights over marine and freshwater systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 2 indexed citations

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Pienkowski, Thomas, Arundhati Jagadish, Carla L. Archibald, et al.. (2024). Forecasting adoption with epidemiological models can enable adaptively scaling out conservation. One Earth. 7(10). 1820–1832. 3 indexed citations

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Wolff, Matthias, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, & Hugh Govan. (2023). Challenges in Tropical Coastal Zone Management. 1 indexed citations

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Gruby, Rebecca L., Michele M. Betsill, Elodie Le Cornu, et al.. (2023). Who’s setting the agenda? Philanthropic donor influence in marine conservation. Ecology and Society. 28(3). 7 indexed citations

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Govan, Hugh, et al.. (2023). Territories of life as key to global environmental sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 63. 101298–101298. 15 indexed citations

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O’Garra, Tanya, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Arundhati Jagadish, et al.. (2023). National-level evaluation of a community-based marine management initiative. Nature Sustainability. 6(8). 908–918. 13 indexed citations

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Diedrich, Amy, Stephanie Duce, Hampus Eriksson, et al.. (2022). An applied research agenda for navigating diverse livelihood challenges in rural coastal communities in the tropics. One Earth. 5(11). 1205–1215. 9 indexed citations

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Smallhorn‐West, Patrick, Philippa J. Cohen, Michael J. Phillips, et al.. (2022). Linking small‐scale fisheries co‐management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Conservation Biology. 36(6). e13977–e13977. 16 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Anne‐Maree, Hampus Eriksson, Christain Ramofafia, et al.. (2021). Three-Decades of Research Integration—Transforming to Collaborative Aquatic Food Systems Research Partnerships in the Pacific. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5. 8 indexed citations

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Tilley, Alexander, David J. Mills, Dirk J. Steenbergen, et al.. (2019). Evaluating the Fit of Co-management for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance in Timor-Leste. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 51 indexed citations

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Smallhorn‐West, Patrick & Hugh Govan. (2018). Towards reducing misrepresentation of national achievements in marine protected area targets. Marine Policy. 97. 127–129. 15 indexed citations

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Govan, Hugh. (2018). A review of sea cucumber fisheries and management in Melanesia. 6 indexed citations

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Bennett, Nathan, Hugh Govan, & Terre Satterfield. (2015). Ocean grabbing. Marine Policy. 57. 61–68. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bell, Johann D., Joelle Albert, Serge Andréfouët, et al.. (2015). Optimising the use of nearshore fish aggregating devices for food security in the Pacific Islands. Marine Policy. 56. 98–105. 54 indexed citations

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Jupiter, Stacy D., Philippa J. Cohen, Rebecca Weeks, Alifereti Tawake, & Hugh Govan. (2014). Locally-managed marine areas: multiple objectives and diverse strategies. Pacific Conservation Biology. 20(2). 165–179. 166 indexed citations

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Govan, Hugh, et al.. (2013). Effective management of sea cucumber fisheries and the beche-de-mer trade in Melanesia. 18 indexed citations

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Govan, Hugh, et al.. (2013). Strategic review of inshore fisheries policies and strategies in Melanesia - Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu - Part II: Country reports. 6 indexed citations

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Govan, Hugh, et al.. (2012). RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF ICCAs IN KENYA. 11 indexed citations

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Techera, Erika, et al.. (2009). Community Conserved Areas: A review of status & needs in Melanesia and Polynesia. 12 indexed citations

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Govan, Hugh. (1993). Participatory research in giant clam farming. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 16(1). 8–10. 10 indexed citations

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